Compensated for life: Sex work and disease risk

Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 345-369

  Arunachalam, Raj ^a   Shah, Manisha ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDOM USE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; MARKET; PROSTITUTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ECUADOR;

EID: 84881532167     PISSN: 0022166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/jhr.48.2.345     Document Type: Article

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